Women in Medicine: Beyond Prejudice

Women in medicine tend to evoke extreme views. On the one hand it is argued that women in medicine are simply more trouble than they're worth, that they ask too many special favors, are somehow not quite serious, and probably should be home with the children anyway. Opposed is the belief that women should be in medicine to the same extent as men, but are not because of discrimination based on prejudice. According to this view, once the barriers of prejudice are removed, all we need to do is encourage women to take their place alongside men, not only as . . .